Tata – Indian Motors, Daimler Collaboration Since 1945

Fact file

Company name:		Tata Motors
Address:		Bombay House, 24, Homi Mody Street, Fort, Mumbai 400 001
Tel:		+91-22-5665-8282
Fax:		+91-22-5665-7799
URL:		www.tatamotors.com
Intro: Established in 1945, Tata Motors entered into a collaboration with Daimler-Benz of Germany in 1954 to manufacture commercial vehicles. The collaboration ended in 1969. Tata Motors has since grown from strength to strength. In addition to utility vehicles a new line of passenger cars were introduced in the 1990s. Tata Motors has 3 domestic plants: Jamshedpur, Pune and Lucknow. The company is now expanding both domestically - they took over the LCV arm of the local Daewoo plant and internationally. Tata expanded in Eastern Europe during 2005 and plans to strengthen its presence in Western Europe in 2006. A new ultra-cheap family car is under development, which is planned to be introduced in late 2007. Some of the illustrations are courtesy of Autocar India.